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Good morning!

I wanted to take some time to update all of you.

Towards the end of July I was able to jog for the first time. It was not a high speed event or long lived by any means but it was a jog. I've managed to get a few disc golf rounds in all be it very slow rounds. I even have managed to get back in net in some pick up league games. I've even managed to take advantage of my season tickets for the Portland Hearts of Pine and made it out to a few games. Match days have been the high light of my week.


Fantasy football season kicks off in the next few weeks. I may have a video or two on my rankings and systems as I build them.

As summer comes to a close I want to address some things.

Legends Arceus: I finish the main story line and while Id like to take on the post game I am also looking at what is coming for the channel in October and do not wanna burn out on Legends gameplay.

Pokemon sword: In the same vein as Legends. I do not want to burn out on pokemon though it is my favorite style of game to play.

FF7: I hooked up the ps5 and my controller (which ive only used for FF7) had massive stick ddrift that could not be fixed. As I only use my ps5 for FF I have elected to hold off on the purchase of a new controller for the short term.

So with that being said there isn't a lot going on with the channel at the moment. Card openings are always going to be a major part of my shorts content. Match day promotions. Also, some fantasy football content. As while I am a nerd, I'm also a former fantasy champ and would like to find myself back at the top again.

I'm looking forward to another year with my students, Legends in October and hopefully another solid Fantasy football season.

As always guys,

Have the day you deserve!

-Roddo

10 months ago | [YT] | 0

Payneful_plays

Good evening everyone,

You must all be wondering where I have gone.

Well short story time. As the school year broke from April the May I wasn’t feeling well. I was in a coed soccer league (light play) and got some major minutes but took a cheap shot from a player that screwed up something in my back.

A few days later. I fell through a desk in my classroom.

Knowing I wasn’t fully feeling right I immediately took to heat treatment, PT, and general rest. However, that was just the beginning.

Not long after that I went to take the trash out of my apartment. As I hurled what could only be described as a small trash bag worth of things; I felt a sudden jolt shoot down my right leg.

That was about a month ago.

Slowly over the next week the sciatica crept in and before I knew it I could not walk well. Every morning was a battle to stand up straight and go to work. The more I moved the better the leg would feel. So I chalked it up to being stiff and old.

7 days later I fell out of bed trying to stand up. I was unable to move for about an hour. As I slammed pain meds and heat something didn’t feel quite right. I could not get my lower back to loosen, my glutes were in constant spasm as was the majority of the major muscle groups down my right leg. Making it worse was that the pain wasn’t just limited to my back being “out”. I had severe nerve pain from cheek to ankle.

Fast forward to last Thursday. I meet with the PT as always he does excellent work and manages to get all the muscles in my right leg to stop going in spasm. As soon as I stand up and put weight on it, I drop. As though someone has just stabbed my glute, hamstring, knee, calf and ankle simultaneously.

We take a moment to assess the situation and determine that the heat, stretching, meds. Are not working. My PT stated he had some more serious concerns and wanted to get imaging and another set of eyes on this. So I got set up with an osteopath that I met with today.

The osteo did his best to line me up. The big concern is that I herniated a disc that is impinging my sciatic nerve. One massive pop from the good hip (which is a good thing) and I was sent on my way with a steroid prescription and for the first time in over 20 days hope.

I took my meds earlier and for the first time in almost a month I lay here on my back. No pain in my hip, or my foot. My glute spasms from time to time. But the medication clearly is working. At least early on.

Also, to complicate it all more. I moved last weekend and now need to find the energy and strength to set my office up. That could take a week or more depending on my leg.

Don’t worry, I will finish Pokémon sword, legends arceus and final fantasy 7 rebirth. Though the content creation and upload may look a little different.

I want to get back to streaming more. I have a lot of fun video recording (it’s way easier than streaming). But I like interacting with all of you.

I created payneful_plays with that idea in mind. Creating a spot where we nerds could get together and celebrate being a bit quirky (within reason).


Man, that was a major explanation and I’m glad you’ve taken the time to read it.

In short:

I’m hurt but I’m healing
The games will continue
And what it all comes down to
Is that everything’s gonna be fine.

Thanks for sticking with me.

-Roddo

1 year ago | [YT] | 0

Payneful_plays

Hello everyone!

First thing!

Thank you all so much for 5000 subscribers. This ride has been nothing short of amazing! I couldn't do it without you all.

Second!

We are chugging along and I want to do something for all of you. I have a couple sealed cards I am considering doing a give away for at 8000 subscribers.

As we progress I will create a post with a google link for people to enter.

Third!

Where have I been?

That's a loaded question. Work took off on me in late February. As did the coed soccer league I play in. I also started with a personal trainer in an effort to get myself ready for "Red Hot Rod Summer".

All jokes aside I am attempting to get myself in shape to run a 5k in June and that's gonna take some serious effort on my part.

Aside from that work is a grind during Feb and March. Expect uploads to pick back up to daily as March concludes.

I am going to leave a long standing pole on this post. I know RPGs aren't always the best to watch. I want your opinion. What Genre do you prefer I play next?

As always guys,

Thank you for the support!

-Roddo

1 year ago | [YT] | 0

Payneful_plays

Hello everyone!

Today is a wonderous day! It's the 14th anniversary of this channel's creation. What started out as MANCAVE124 with three dudes going on some wildly inappropriate rants became a passion project for me.

Just a quick recap, Hunter went on to graduate at UMF and is now a coaching and contributing to the growth of his community.

Jason left UMF after that semester to pursue working full time. He has a family now and is a loving Father.

This channel sat mostly dormant until the fall of 2020 when I started posting small vlog videos and the occasional Destiny video. I took to twitch and got affiliated over there focusing mainly on the things I wanted to play, mostly pokemon. My now wife encouraged me to create content as I had revealed to her my love of pokemon cards. So I posted daily tiktok rips and converted them to youtube shorts.

Fast forward to 2023. I got my teaching dream job and then got married. In the fall, I really started to get my feet under me in content creation and almost entirely quit twitch to work on TCG content creation. I met a few content creators who really opened my eyes to the joys of content creation and encouraged me to branch out.

As you all know card content is expensive. So, this was a natural progression of my journey. I created content with my friends, by myself and with complete strangers. It's been a wild ride. I started the new year with a new goal in mind. Seeing what this could really be if it became more than just a middle aged man's hobby.

In the last two months I've dedicated myself to making at least one video a day and even invested into some promotions. I had no idea what would happen if I took it seriously and stopped believing all the doubt I had.

Now, we sit here just over 4000 subscribers and I cannot thank you all enough for being a part of my journey. The game play doesn't appear to be slowing down even if it's just me grinding out an RPG title for hours. I still collect pretty intensely and never dreamed my childhood hobby would grow into something as great as it is today.

This entire adventure has actually brought me into contact with some of the people that truly inspire me even if they never really understand how they contributed. I like many others needed to have good role models in order to establish patterns to get where I hope one day to be.

Thanks, Marc, Andy, Pat, Joe, Chad, Jenna, Deb, the Trio De Scott, Mom, Dad, Manda, and so so many others. Thanks for encouraging me to do this thing. Even if you all don't understand it.

I love you all, and here's to another 14 years!

-Roddo

1 year ago | [YT] | 1

Payneful_plays

Hey guys!

Still haven't missed an upload this year. I am so excited about my commitment to consistency so far.

Thanks for stopping by.

-Roddo

1 year ago | [YT] | 1

Payneful_plays

Hey guys! So far this year we haven't missed an upload day and that trend looks to be continuing. I'm sprinkling in the TCG stuff as I have access to it all. Buying modern is brutal right now.

I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for stopping by and welcome all the new people. You guys are so great!

Here's to consistency in the new year and continued growth as it chugs along.

-Roddo

1 year ago | [YT] | 1

Payneful_plays

Hey guys!

I wanted to throw up a quick post to thank everyone for taking some time to drop in and hit the subscribe button. You guys rock!

We are continuing the Final Fantasy daily uploads for the foreseeable future along with daily pokemon tcg shorts, and the Thursday TCG video.

Today's TCG video is a PSA reveal. I used GameStop for the first time and things went moderately well I'd say. Drop by leave a comment about how you would feel with these cards and grades.

Thanks for taking some time for me.

-Roddo

1 year ago | [YT] | 0

Payneful_plays

Happy Holidays Everyone!

I wanted to post a quick update as my recording routines have gone completely side way in the last 3 months.

Timeline:
August: School started back up, physical therapy was tapered down to an as needed status and things were going smoothly. Selected for a pilot teaching program that starts off in January (huge career opportunity, but not one I think I can handle).

September: I started coaching soccer and began work with a dietitian. Soccer went ok, but there were some hiccups. Late in the month I got what I thought was a cold. Recordings are slow going as I manage all of the responsibilities of teaching and hitting paperwork deadlines. I have a few technical errors with recordings making editing annoying.

October: Diagnosed with Pneumonia, as well as upper respiratory illness. Trashed my diet (because my mental toughness isn't great when I am in pain). I lose 2 recordings due to technical failures, but get lucky and realize I have not saved so no progress was lost. Recording frustration sets in. In response I start to eat my feelings, and dive into retail therapy and buy a booster box.

November: Finally kicked Pneumonia (though it lingered into December) and started working out again, woke up with my neck completely locked up needing 3 PT sessions to get my trapezius to release. November ending on the high note of time in the gym and targeted work outs. I try to get several recordings done but my computer crashes, drops frames, or my voice is dead. I win a Surging Sparks booster box from www.tiktok.com/@continental.cards Which you guys should check out. I rip the box because I like to rip cards. I also lose the majority of a gym battle and have to redo the entire video, which frustrates me to no end. I put the sword/shield playthrough on hiatus due to a lack of fun and frustration with recordings. I choose to then send off 14 of my most valuable cards for grading at psa (no word back on if they even got there).

December: Meeting about previously mentioned pilot program with some of the greatest education providers in my company. Learn that my concerns about my ability to be successful with the pilot validated when one of the best educators I know confirms their own struggles (I am far below her in terms of skill, and knowledge as an educator). Imposter syndrome has sunk real deep into my existence at this stage. Have my neck continue to be locked follow up with a pinched nerve in my lower back stopping me in my tracks. Holiday Vacation started with me finally cracking my back and thus my leg free only to have it get screwed up slipping on some ice 8 hours later.
In terms of content creation, I shifted towards TCG openings as my PC was struggling with capture and other issues. I managed to get RAM in the PC that should solve the gaming issues moving forwards.

Now, here we are. At the end of the month. My body is slowly coming around and I have started to build on some of the momentum I started way back in August. I wanted to take some time to jot a few things down.

That's a quick update about my life these last few months.

Moving forward content may look a little different. I would like to get back to doing play throughs, batman and pokemon sword are on a bit of a hiatus. I may jump back into batman but sword is going to have to go on hold for at least the immediate future.

Thank you to everyone who has stuck with the channel this year. To all the new people: Welcome aboard, I am so happy you're here.

Let's hope 2025 is the year we all grow into what our greatest fans think we can be.

Growth does not come from comfort. In the words of many great people including Pat Flynn, "What got you here, will not get you there".

Have a good day, a great afternoon, and a fantastic night!

-Roddo

1 year ago | [YT] | 0

Payneful_plays

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

I hope you're all having a wonderful day!!

-Roddo

1 year ago | [YT] | 0

Payneful_plays

Good evening!

For those of you that don't know. I love Latios cards. My Surging Sparks box finally came in the mail and now I get to begin my pursuit of Latios.

Wish me luck!

-Roddo

1 year ago | [YT] | 0